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Senate Bill S4458
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2011-S4458 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง75-b, Civ Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S4748
2011-S4458 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4458 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to the reporting of improper governmental actions by legislative employees PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to expand the "whistle blower" protections contained in the Civil Service Law for public employees to clearly include the disclosure of information about the activities of a state legislator or legislative employee that has or may have violated the ethics provisions of the Legislative Law or Article 4 of the Public Officers Law or the Penal Law related to corruption activities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Civil Service Law section 75-b (2) to clearly expand the "whistle blower" law protections for government employees to include situations when a legislative employee reports to the Commission on Public Integrity, Legislative Ethics Commission, the NYS Attorney General, local District Attorney or any other governmental body that such state legislator or legislative employee has or may have violated the State's Ethics Laws, Public Officers Law or the Penal Law.
2011-S4458 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4458 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 6, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, KLEIN, CARLUCCI, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the reporting of improper governmental actions by legislative employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 75-b of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: (a) A public employer shall not dismiss or take other disciplinary or other adverse personnel action against a public employee regarding the employee's employment because the employee discloses to a governmental body information: (i) regarding a violation of a law, rule or regulation which violation creates and presents a substantial and specific danger to the public health or safety; or (ii) which the employee reasonably believes to be true and reasonably believes constitutes an improper governmental action. "Improper governmental action" shall mean any action by a public employer or employee, or an agent of such employer or employee, which is undertaken in the performance of such agent's offi- cial duties, whether or not such action is within the scope of his OR HER employment, and which is in violation of any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation. FURTHERMORE, WITH REGARD TO DISCLOSURES BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, "IMPROP- ER GOVERNMENTAL ACTION" SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY ACTION OR ACTIVITY TAKEN BY A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE OR BY A LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SEVENTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, WHICH VIOLATES OR MAY VIOLATE ANY PROVISION OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW, THE PENAL LAW OR THE ARTICLE FOUR OF THE PUBLIC OFFI- CERS LAW THAT IS REPORTED TO A GOVERNMENTAL BODY, INCLUDING THE COMMIS- SION ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY AND THE LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10649-01-1
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